Thi
s study wa
s de
signed to determine whether the oral admini
stration of hydroxytyro
sol (HT) alkyl ether derivative
s ha
s a neuroprotective effect in rat
s. The animal
s were treated for 7 day
s with HT or ethyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl, and dodecyl HT ether. A method of in vitro hypoxia鈥搑eoxygenation in brain
slice
s wa
s u
sed. Hexyl, octyl, and dodecyl HT derivative
s reduced brain cell death (LDH efflux). Lipid peroxidation and nitrite concentration
s were inhibited mo
st by hexyl, octyl, and dodecyl derivative
s. Concentration
s of 3-nitrotyro
sine were reduced by HT butyl, hexyl, octyl, and dodecyl ether derivative
s. Interleukin-1尾 wa
s significantly reduced in brain
slice
s from rat
s treated with all HT ether derivative
s. LDH efflux
showed a linear correlation with brain concentration
s of lipid peroxide
s, nitrite
s plu
s nitrate
s, and interleukin 1尾. The reduction in oxidative and nitro
sative
stre
ss and decrea
sed production of pro-inflammatory interleukin
s may be the ba
si
s for the ob
served neuroprotective effect
s.
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